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a copy of <u>EXECUTIVE DECISION</u> sometime before she left town.
a copy of <u>EXECUTIVE DECISION</u> sometime before she left town.


Carl Eisenberg called. Once Stationery Show is over we will get
<u>Carl Eisenberg</u> called. Once Stationery Show is over we will get
together here to discuss my games and look at items for next
together here to discuss my games and look at items for next
year.  
year.  
He feels that Bob Hallowell is too much interested in a sc
He feels that <u>Bob Hallowell</u> is too much interested in a sculp-
tural look, at the expense of the play value. Carl wants
things with a lot of play value and then he'll take care of the
appearance.
He would like to consider <u>MANHATTAN MADNESS</u> again, but rea-
lizes that Phil has committed me to show it to Bob Hallowell.
Carl asked that anything I show to him, in the future, not
be shown to Bob Hallowell. I said of course I wouldn't, until
he, Carl, rejects it.
Carl would like to keep his line different from Hallowell's
but he thinks Bob would do anything that would make a pro-
fit for him, even it conflicts with others in the Reiss
stable. He also feels that <u>Bob Reiss</u> by starting Hoi Polloi
was conflicting with his own clients; not so much with the
wood puzzles, but in things like <u>HE-SHE-HIM-HER</u> which, al-
though it was created by the women who did <u>CLASS</u>, is put
out under the Hoi Polloi label..
Carl is interested in board games and wants to do <u>Phil</u>'s
gambling <u>GAME</u> (which I know very little about) and his game
which I played as <u>CONGLOMERATES</u>. I asked if he is inter-
ested in new card games and he said "surprisingly, yes."
 
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(cont. from 5/11) [5/11]
 
the goal. If a piece moves into a space occupied by an
opponent it is bumped (the opponent that is) and sent back
to start over. (Felicia and I both liked it.)
<u>BING-BONG BALL</u>. An action game with a square board. In
the center of each edge there is a shooter which consists
(cont. on 5/9)